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Japan’s Classical Age (Volume B)
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Background
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Chinese-Style Writing
• vernacular Japanese• Chinese-style writing,
kanbun• Buddhist clergy and
imperial administration
• inflection and use of characters/ alphabet
• “brush talk”
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Nara Court (710–784)
• Yamato clan, 710 C.E.
• Chinese city planning influence
• writing and political influence
• Records of Ancient Matters, 712 C.E.
• Chronicles of Japan, 720 C.E.
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Religion
• Shinto, “Way of the Gods”
• Buddhism• Confucianism
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Heian Court Culture (794–1185)
• imperial court and Buddhist clergy
• new capital at Kyoto, 794 C.E.
• “Capital of Peace”• scenarios in literature• court diaries• language and content
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Aristocratic Women
• highly educated• segregation from
men/ gender assymetry
• Heian imperial court life
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Waka Poetry
• 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern
• seasonal phenomena• romantic love• commemorative
purposes• contests• Emperor Daigo• The Kokinshu, 905
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Kana Syllabary
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Fujiwara Clan
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Medieval Japan and Warrior Rule
• twelfth century civil war
• Heike and Genji warrior clans
• shogun rule through feudal system
• role of Buddhist minstrels
• patronage of the arts
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Warrior Rule (continued)
• increased access to education
• warrior values• retreat from
government and city• Chomei, “An Account
of a Ten-Square-Foot Hut”
• Kenko, Essays in Idleness
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Japan 700–1400
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Which two writing systems were used in classical Japan?
a. vernacular Japanese and “Literary Chinese”b. vernacular Chinese and “Literary Japanese”c. vernacular Japanese and “Literary English”d. vernacular Japanese and “Literary Japanese”
Test Your Knowledge
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Ruling from the fourth through the eighth century, the Yamato clan commissioned the production of “historical” texts for what purpose?
a. to celebrate Japan’s literary cultureb. to record familial relationshipsc. to legitimate Yamato ruled. to entertain the reading public
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Heian waka was a form of what?
a. Japanese vernacularb. prosec. poetryd. drama
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The Tale of Genji was written by ___________ .
a. a manb. a womanc. we don’t knowd. court poets
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Literature of Japan’s medieval period tended to be dominated by what kind of themes?
a. domesticb. politicalc. allegoricald. military
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